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Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story Of Defiance, Deterrence And Deviance

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This book critically examines how and why Pakistan acquired its nuclear weapons, and then delves deeper into the motivations and circumstances of the nuclear proliferation activities of Khan’s network, with a special focus on Iran, Libya, and North Korea. For the first time in history all the elements of nuclear weapons development—the supplier networks, the material, the centrifuge technology and enrichment mechanism, and possibly the warhead designs—were outside direct state control at least for part of the time during this roughly sixteen-year proliferation crisis .

Language: English

Pages: 296

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: India Allen Lane

Release: January 15, 2018

ISBN: 0670089680

ISBN 13: 9780670089680

Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story Of Defiance, Deterrence And Deviance

3.9/5 ( ratings)

This book critically examines how and why Pakistan acquired its nuclear weapons, and then delves deeper into the motivations and circumstances of the nuclear proliferation activities of Khan’s network, with a special focus on Iran, Libya, and North Korea. For the first time in history all the elements of nuclear weapons development—the supplier networks, the material, the centrifuge technology and enrichment mechanism, and possibly the warhead designs—were outside direct state control at least for part of the time during this roughly sixteen-year proliferation crisis .

Language: English

Pages: 296

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: India Allen Lane

Release: January 15, 2018

ISBN: 0670089680

ISBN 13: 9780670089680

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